SATURDAY 4/22
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Daddy
THURSDAY 4/20
AXE & FIDDLE Urban Desert
Cabaret—8:30; n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm; n/c
THE BARNLIGHT Karaoke w/
Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
BEERGARDEN Goshwood—
7:30pm; bluegrass, n/c
COWFISH Purrsday w/Kitty
Trap—9pm; bass, house, trap,
dubstep, n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Karaoke w/
Jared—9pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Crystal Harmony
Karaoke—8:30pm; n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Left Coast
Country, the Grateful Bluegrass
Boys—9:30pm; $10
HI-FI MUSIC HALL Reeble Jar w/
Jelly Bread—8pm; indie funk
rock, $12 adv., $15 door
JAZZ STATION Ben Francis
Quartet: The Music of Monk—
7:30pm; jazz, $10
LUCKEY'S Grateful Dead Family
Jam—10pm; dead covers, open
jam, $3
MAC'S Soul Restoration
Project—6pm; classic soul, n/c
MAX’S DJ Victor—10pm; hits,
old standards, requests, n/c
MCSHANE'S Acoustic
Underground Open Mic—
7:30pm; n/c
OAKSHIRE Corwin Bolt & The
Wingnuts—5:30pm; total mind
folk, n/c
OLD NICK'S Eugene Order of
Steel Happy Hour—6pm; n/c.
Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts,
Jaron Yancy—9pm; rockin'
country, $10
OVERTIME GRILL Blues Jam ft.
Broken Horn w/Dave Roberts—
8pm; n/c
POKER LOUNGE Karaoke w/
Sassy Patty—7pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE 420 w/I-
chele & the Circle D'Light, De
Solution—9pm; $5
SHADOWFOX Open Mic—8pm; n/c
THE SHEDD Vasen—7:30pm;
swedish folk, $29
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS The
Porch Band—7pm; n/c
WAYWARD LAMB EDM In The
Den w/Kelynn—10pm; DJ,
dancing, $3
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN
Whirled Music Series ft. Rick
Zar—6pm; 12-string finger style
guitarist, n/c
WOW HALL Las Cafeteras—
7pm; latin alternative, $13 adv.,
$15 door
FRIDAY 4/21
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Douce
Ambiance—9:30pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Gabe Schliffer CD
Release Show—8:30pm; blue-
grass, americana, $5
BLAIRALLY Church of the 80s
w/Chris, Jen & John—8pm; 80s
vinyl, $3
BILLY MAC'S Christie &
McCallum—7:30pm; americana,
n/c
BREWSTATION 3 man slam—
7:30pm; rock, n/c
BRONCO SALOON Karaoke w/
Lindsey—9pm; n/c
COWFISH SPOC-3PO—9pm;
dance-pop, underground, $5
DOC'S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
DUCK BAR Karaoke w/Breezy
Bee—9pm; n/c
DRIFTWOOD BAR Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/
KJ Rick—9pm; n/c
THE EMBERS The Survivors—
9pm; 50s to 90s classic rock,
variety, n/c
FRIENDLY ST MARKET Caitlin
Jemma Acoustic Duo—6pm;
n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Rob Wynia (of
Floater)—10pm; rock, $10 adv.,
$12 door
HI-FI MUSIC HALL This Patch of
Sky w/Gazell(s), Childspeak,
Spectrum Lake—8pm; post
rock, $10 adv., $12 door
JAZZ STATION Bossanaire: Brasil
'66 style—7:30pm; jazz, $12
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—9pm; n/c
KEG TAVERN Karaoke
w/J'Lynn—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Hangover
Extravaganja w/VCR, Holler
House & Sacred Trees—10pm;
psych rock, garage rock, $5
MAC'S Anya Lecuyer &
Friends—8pm; R&B, variety, $5
MOHAWK TAVERN Code Red—
9pm; rock, country, n/c
NOBLE ESTATE URBAN Jen
Sennett Franklin—6pm; blues,
R&B, n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
OLD NICK'S Burn Burn Burn, I
Want The Knife, Not A Part Of It
& Entresol—9pm; punk rock,
folk punk, $5-$7
OREGON WINE LAB Corwin Bolt
& The Wingnuts—7pm; n/c
PFIEFFER VINEYARD The
JiveMasters—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Eight
Dollar Mountain—9:30pm; $5
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Olem
Alves Duo—7pm; n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Golden
Bough—8pm; celtic music,
$13.50 adv., $15 door
WAYWARD LAMB Trainwreck In
The Mix—11pm; DJ, dancing, $3
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN
Aloha Friday pre-show music by
Jim Garcia trio—5pm; n/c. Ka
Pi'o OKe Anuenue (The Arc of
the Rainbow)—6pm; hawaiian
music, dance
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/KJ Mike—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Spawnbreezie—
8pm; island, reggae, $12 adv.,
$15 door
YUKON JACK'S Eddie Butler &
Nighthawk—9pm; rock, dance,
n/c
VALHALLA WINERY Michael
Conley—6pm; n/c
Rabbit—9:30pm; n/c
THE ATRIUM The Eugene
Recorder Orchestra—2pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Tripolee—
8:30pm; n/c
BEERGARDEN Fortune's Folly—
7:30pm; rock, variety, n/c
BREWSTATION Benefit for KSOW
radio station—6:30pm; n/c.
Diane Patterson—7:30pm; n/c
BROADWAY HOUSE CONCERTS
The Chris Brown Quartet—
7:30pm; jazz, pop, $8 stu., $15
CITY NIGHTCLUB Crystal
Harmony Karaoke—9pm; EDM,
n/c
COWFISH Michael Human—
9pm; hip-hop, electro, $5
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm; n/c
DOC'S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
DRIFTWOOD BAR Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
DUCK BAR Karaoke w/Breezy
Bee—9pm; n/c
THE EMBERS The Survivors—
9pm; 50s to 90s classic rock,
variety, n/c
HAPPY HOURS Justin Case—
8:30pm; classic rock, n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Sugar Beets—
7pm; americana pop, soul
grass, $6 adv., $9 door
HI-FI LOUNGE Govinda w/Lapa,
Cameron Weslee—10pm; gypsy
dubtronica, $15 adv., $18 door
JAZZ STATION Stumptown
Swing—7:30pm; jazz, $12
KEG TAVERN Dance Music
w/J'Lynn—9pm; n/c
LAVELLE VINEYARDS Timothy
Patrick—1pm; acoustic variety,
n/c
LUCKEY'S Steel Kitty, The
Beepsters—10pm; rock, $5
MAC'S Blues Club Project—
8pm; blues w/soul, $6
MOHAWK TAVEN Code Red—
9pm; rock, country, n/c
NOBLE ESTATE URBAN Skip
Jones & Friends—6pm; blues &
boogie, n/c
OLD NICK'S Scoundrel Prince
Lounge: Euro Trash Ball—10pm;
Djs, dancing, costume, $3
SMOKE
’EM IF YOU GOT ’EM
Pop music has long been about teen angst, social anxiety and sexual confusion. And Brooklyn two-
piece Diet Cig — touring behind their hotly anticipated (and, after getting panned by influential music
site Pitchfork, pretty divisive) debut album, Swear I’m Good At This — effectively takes you right back to
a place of paralyzing puberty and all its related self-consciousness.
“Can you tell that my shoes are too big on my feet,” sings vocalist Alex Luciano from album track
“Bite Back.” “Seeing you makes my boots so damn heavy,” she continues. If you’ve passed this
period in your life, you might not want to go back there. However, one might argue we never
truly grow out of these kinds of worries and concerns.
But if you’re still in the muck of growing up, I can understand the band’s appeal,
particularly for young girls. Musically, the guitar/drums lineup is surprisingly starter-
kit for such critical darlings: chugging and distorted power chords, clumsy and
fumbling pop-punk percussion, and Luciano’s voice — at best emotive, at
worst a little whiny, and overall pretty tuneless.
On top of teen angst, pop music should be about great songs, and it’s
here that Diet Cig misses.
Nevertheless, Good At This closes with what might be Diet Cig’s best
tune, “Tummy Ache.” “Trying to find my voice surrounded by all boys,”
Luciano sings, and later: “It’s hard to be a punk girl wearing a skirt.”
We’re not all punk girls, of course, but we all have our — literal and
metaphorical — skirts to bear.
Diet Cig plays with Seattle’s Lisa Prank 7 pm
Wednesday, April 26, at The Boreal; $10, all-ages.
— Will Kennedy
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SATURDAY MARKET Lonesome
Randall—10am; n/c. TBA—
11am; n/c. Inspirational
Sounds—12pm; n/c. Robert
Meade—1pm; n/c. Deer &
Antelope Band—2pm; n/c. Dan
Cioper & the Groove Diggers—
3:30pm; n/c.
THE SHEDD The Magical
Moombah returns w/Rumbles
Rockin' Roundup—10am &
1pm; $5. Alasdair Fraser &
Natalie Haas—7:30pm; $26-
$34
TIME OUT Shot Glass—9pm;
classic rock, n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS The Songs at
Tsunami Chamber Concert
Series hosted by Laura Wayte:
The Tangle Town Trio—5pm; $10
sug. don. Joanne Rand—8pm;
psychedelic-folk-revival, $12.50
QUACKER'S Ladies Night &
DeeJay—9pm; n/c
WAYWARD LAMB Skin! Pop up
performances from Men of the
Den, GoGo Dancers, Drink
Specials & DJ Sassy Mouff; $5
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN
Ghost-Note ft. Robert Sput
Searight & Nate Werth of
Snarky Puppy—9pm; jazz
fusion, electronica, $10 adv.,
$12 door
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Sarah—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Stooki Sound, Joker,
Bedroom Trax—9pm; EDM, trap,
$12 early bird, $18 adv., $20
door
YUKON JACK'S Eddie Butler &
Nighthawk—9pm; rock, dance,
n/c
SUNDAY 4/23
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke
w/Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
BEALL CONCERT HALL Eric
Alterman, cello, Ednaldo Borba,
piano—3pm; $8-$10
COWFISH Aaron Jackson—9pm;
bass-house, club, n/c
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm;
n/c
THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—7pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Sunday Learners
Jam hosted by Ken
Mastrogiovanni—2:30pm; jazz,
$5 don.
LAVELLE VINEYARDS Timothy
Patrick—1pm; acoustic variety,
n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Rock the
Hawk Karaoke competition
semi-finals—7pm; karaoke—
10pm; n/c
MULLIGAN'S Open Mic—
8:30pm; variety, n/c
OAKSHIRE Redwood Son—5pm;
americana, n/c
OLD NICK'S Rikkha—9pm; caba-
ret in orgiasic punk rock style,
$5
TSUNAMI BOOKS The Never Ever
Band—4pm; don.
WEBFOOT Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
MONDAY 4/24
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
BUGSY'S MondayBug—7pm;
acoustic, n/c
CENTENNIAL STEAK HOUSE
Karaoke w/Dominic—8pm; n/c
COWFISH Motown Monday w/DJ
Kingsley Strangelove—9pm;
soul, n/c
EMBERS Karaoke w/Jim Jim &
Sassy Patty—8pm; n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE
Open Mic—8pm; n/c
GRIDIRON Karaoke—8pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Irish Jam—6pm;
n/c. Malaska—9pm; hardcore
punk, $3-$5
SHADOWFOX Soul & Blues
Jam—7pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Songwriters
Night (originals only)—7pm;
open mic, n/c
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN
Muse Art Mondays, paint or
draw musicians—6pm; $5 don.
TUESDAY 4/25
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade w/Girin Guha—9:30pm;
n/c
COWFISH New DJ Revue—9pm;
n/c
CUSH Poetry Open Mic—
7:30pm; n/c
THE EMBERS DJ Victor—8pm;
Current hits, standards,
requests, n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Reggae Night
Hosted by Sol Seed—10pm;
reggae jam, n/c
LEVEL UP Karaoke w/Kade—
9pm; n/c